Columbia Definitions ordinance (§ 13-420)
Chapter 13: Licenses, Permits and Miscellaneous Business Regulations · Article XIII. Marijuana Business Licensing
The following words and terms, as used in this article, shall be deemed to have the meanings hereinafter specified:
Comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility. A facility licensed by the DHSS to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on site or off site, transport to or from, and sell marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as clones) to a medical marijuana facility, comprehensive marijuana facility, or marijuana testing facility. A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility need not segregate or account for its marijuana
products as either non-medical marijuana or medical marijuana. A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the creation of pre-rolls, but shall not include the manufacture of marijuana-infused products.
Comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility. A facility licensed by the DHSS to acquire, process, package, store on site or off site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as clones), marijuana-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana to a qualifying patient or primary caregiver, or to a consumer, anywhere on the licensed property or to any address as directed by the patient, primary caregiver, or consumer and consistent with the limitations of this Code and as otherwise allowed by law, to a comprehensive marijuana facility, a marijuana testing facility, or a medical marijuana facility. Comprehensive dispensary facilities may receive transaction orders at the dispensary directly from the consumer in person, by phone, or via the internet including from a third party. A comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility need not segregate or account for its marijuana products as either non-medical marijuana or medical marijuana, but shall collect all appropriate tangible personal property sales tax for each sale. A comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the creation of pre-rolls.
Comprehensive marijuana facility. A comprehensive marijuana cultivation facility, comprehensive marijuana dispensary facility, or a comprehensive marijuana-infused product manufacturing facility.
Comprehensive marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility. A facility licensed by the DHSS to acquire, process, package, store, manufacture, transport to or from a medical marijuana facility, comprehensive marijuana facility, or marijuana testing facility, and sell marijuana-infused products, pre-rolls, and infused pre-rolls to a marijuana dispensary facility, a marijuana testing facility, or another marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility. A comprehensive marijuana-infused product manufacturing facility need not segregate or account for its marijuana products as either non-medical marijuana or medical marijuana.
Consumer. A person who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
Department of health and senior services ("DHSS"). The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services ("DHSS"), or its successor agency.
Marijuana activities. The cultivation, manufacturing, dispensing, selling, or testing of marijuana.
Marijuana facility. Any comprehensive marijuana facility, medical marijuana facility, microbusiness marijuana facility, or marijuana testing facility.
Marijuana testing facility. A facility certified by the DHSS to acquire, test, certify, and transport marijuana.
Medical marijuana cultivation facility. A facility licensed by the DHSS to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on or offsite, transport to or from, and sell marijuana, marijuana seeds, and marijuana vegetative cutting (also known as clones) to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, marijuana testing facility, medical marijuana cultivation facility, or to a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility. A medical marijuana cultivation facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the production and sale of pre-rolls, but shall not include the manufacture of marijuana-infused products.
Medical marijuana dispensary facility. A facility licensed by the DHSS to acquire, process, package, store on or offsite, sell, transport to or from, and deliver marijuana, marijuana seeds, and marijuana vegetative cutting (also known as clones), marijuana infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana as provided for by state law and regulations to a qualifying patient, a primary caregiver, another medical marijuana dispensary facility, a marijuana testing facility, or a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility. A medical marijuana dispensary facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the production and sale of pre-rolls, but shall not include the manufacture of marijuana-infused products.
Medical marijuana facility. Any one or more of the following described medical marijuana facilities: medical marijuana cultivation facility, medical marijuana dispensary facility, medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
Medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility. A facility licensed by the DHSS to acquire, process, package, store on or offsite, manufacture, transport to or from, and sell marijuana-infused products to a medical marijuana dispensary facility, a marijuana testing facility, a medical marijuana cultivation facility, or to another medical marijuana-infused products manufacturing facility.
Microbusiness marijuana facility. A facility licensed by the DHSS as a microbusiness marijuana dispensary facility or microbusiness marijuana wholesale facility, as defined in this section.
Microbusiness marijuana dispensary facility. A facility licensed by the DHSS to acquire, process, package, store on site or off site, sell, transport to or from, and deliver marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as clones), marijuana-infused products, and drug paraphernalia used to administer marijuana as provided for in this article, to a consumer, qualifying patient, or primary caregiver, as those terms are defined in this section, anywhere on the licensed property or to any address as directed by the consumer, qualifying patient, or primary caregiver and, consistent with the limitations of this article and as otherwise allowed by law, a microbusiness marijuana wholesale facility, or a marijuana testing facility. Microbusiness marijuana dispensary facilities may receive transaction orders at the dispensary directly from the consumer in person, by phone, or via the internet, including from a third party. A microbusiness marijuana dispensary facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the creation of prerolls.
Microbusiness marijuana wholesale facility. A facility licensed by the DHSS to acquire, cultivate, process, package, store on site or off site, manufacture, transport to or from, deliver, and sell marijuana, marijuana seeds, marijuana vegetative cuttings (also known as clones), and marijuana-infused products to a microbusiness marijuana dispensary facility, other microbusiness marijuana wholesale facility, or marijuana testing facility. A microbusiness marijuana wholesale facility may cultivate up to two hundred and fifty (250) flowering marijuana plants at any given time. A microbusiness marijuana wholesale facility's authority to process marijuana shall include the creation of prerolls and infused prerolls.
Primary caregiver. An individual twenty-one (21) years of age or older who has significant responsibility for managing the well-being of a qualifying patient and who holds a primary caregiver identification card issued by DHSS.
Qualifying patient. A Missouri resident diagnosed with at least one (1) qualifying medical condition in accordance with state law and holds a qualifying patient identification card issued by DHSS.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 13-420
Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.